Deputy President William Ruto moves to calm dissent as rift widens in the South Rift

DP William Ruto and Kericho senatorial Jubilee aspirant Aaron Cheruiyot addresses residents of Kericho County at Cheborgei market in Bureti constituency of Kericho County.

Deputy President William Ruto moved to counter the growing Kanu wave in the South Rift, holding four public rallies across Kericho County to drum up support for the Jubilee candidate for the March 7 by-election.

The vacant Kericho Senatorial seat has become a battleground for the supremacy wars in the Rift Valley pitting Deputy President William Ruto’s Jubilee coalition against a resurgent party Kanu.